The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term iPad in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited iPad over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apple iPad
Rank 54 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing iPad 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.169% 0.417% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.680% 1.754% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £300 £313
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £12.00 £8.92
% change year-on-year
+41.66% +34.52%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
147 171 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 24.92% 23.75% 23.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 83 51
Average daily rate £290 £315 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.93% -1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £424 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £330
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +4.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 34
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.90 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
iPad
East of England

iPad
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing iPad across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridgeshire iPad Jobs Demand Trend

iPad
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing iPad across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire iPad Daily Rate Trend

iPad
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing iPad across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire iPad Hourly Rate Trend

iPad
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iPad within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +12 1 - - 1
iPad
East of England

iPad
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing iPad also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited iPad.

1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) iPhone
2 7 (58.33%) VPN
3 5 (41.67%) Cisco
3 5 (41.67%) VoIP
3 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X
3 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (25.00%) Cocoa
4 3 (25.00%) Xcode
4 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
4 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (25.00%) Publishing
5 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
5 2 (16.67%) WAN
5 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
5 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
5 2 (16.67%) LAN
6 1 (8.333%) CSS
6 1 (8.333%) Linux
6 1 (8.333%) Apache
6 1 (8.333%) Python
6 1 (8.333%) GIS
6 1 (8.333%) Android

iPad
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing iPad also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited iPad. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (25.00%) Cocoa
2 1 (8.333%) CSS
2 1 (8.333%) HTML5
2 1 (8.333%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (8.333%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) VPN
2 5 (41.67%) VoIP
2 5 (41.67%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) GIS
1 1 (8.333%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Xcode
2 1 (8.333%) PhoneGap
General
1 3 (25.00%) Publishing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Desktop Support
1 5 (41.67%) Developer
1 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) iOS Developer
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Mac Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Support Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) Desktop Team Leader
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) iPhone
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
3 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Mac OS X
3 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
5 1 (8.333%) Android
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
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Posted: 17 June 2013